I must admit, I’ve been duped. Years ago I saw an advertisement on the telly saying how much washing powder I could save, and how “Eco-friendly” I could be by throwing a wonderfully ion-charged cleaning disc into my washing machine.
Of course back then (in the early 1990’s) I was very conscious of being protective and respectful of my environment that is Mother Earth, not that I’m not now, so of course when I saw this being sold I immediately thought of all the fishes in the sea I could save if my washing powder wasn’t being sent down the drain.
So I bought one, then after a few weeks I realised, to my horror, that my clothes had become smelly, so I chucked the ion marvel out, realising I had been duped. God only knows how many of my work colleagues had felt the need to stand a foot or two further back from me than usual! Lesson learned.
Anyway, as of writing this, originally, years ago as I update this now, I’ve seen it all again. In all honesty, I see it so often during 4pm to 5pm slots, and then there’s the midnight to 6am slots I imagine as well.
The typical scenario – some example of a product effortlessly doing what it claims to be able to do, where a) It doesn’t work as advertised (as often they are demonstrated in extremely controlled conditions), or 2) It will break after one month (perhaps that’s why they give you two for the price of one). And then there’s… Bordering on criminal, or at the very least, a good candidate for some sort of commerce commission enquiry.
I must admit I feel slightly angry about this when I see it on the occasions that I’m unfortunate enough to, knowing for sure there are people sitting in their lounges just waiting for something interesting to happen. I see what is being sold, just how poorly constructed the product must be, knowing it is purely for the purpose of making money, full-well knowing they are ripping people off to line their own pockets.
Of course they give you a phone number to ring where there is no price given – no doubt to give you the hard sell when they see you are interested, in fact I have to admit to ringing once, just to see how it all worked, where they asked for my number in return… Thank God for private numbers! 🙂
Maybe, there might be an indication here that I’m not a fan of such things 🙂
As in the case I know, millions can be lost after millions had been taken. Perhaps the concept of karma in action, but as for that, it’s all about intention in my book, no need to worry where there is no malice involved 🙂
Phew! That’s that off my chest.
With love,
Jason
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